Principal SDET & Test Automation Architect

F5; Spokane Valley (WA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

F5, a leading cybersecurity and application delivery company, seeks a Principal Software Design Engineer in Test in Spokane Valley. You will architect scalable test frameworks and drive quality across product lines.

Collaborate with Product, Software, and Hardware teams, mentor engineers, and present metrics to senior management. Requires strong QA background with microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes experience.

Qualifications

• Requires a qualifying degree with extensive software QA experience.
• 10+ years in software and hardware QA engineering, including test frameworks.
• Experience architecting scalable automated test frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Owns medium to large platform initiatives with focus on testability and resilience.
• Define quality strategy and technical roadmap for QA.
• Lead enterprise-grade automated test frameworks.
• Partner with Product, Software, and Hardware teams on quality standards.
• Perform deep system-level analysis and root-cause resolution.
• Mentor engineers in testing methodologies.
• Present quality metrics and risk assessments to senior management.

Skills

QA expertise

Microservices

Programming languages

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Leadership & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Python/Go/Java/C++

Job description

F5, a leading cybersecurity and application delivery company, seeks a Principal Software Design Engineer in Test in Spokane Valley. You will architect scalable test frameworks and drive quality across product lines.

Collaborate with Product, Software, and Hardware teams, mentor engineers, and present metrics to senior management. Requires strong QA background with microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes experience.